Watermelon Man (1970)
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His white bread world just turned upside brown!
A racist insurance agent lives in a typical suburban neighborhood, but his bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is turned upside down when his skin inexplicably turns dark overnight.
- Released: 1970-05-27
- Genres: Comedy
- Runtime: 1h 40m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 6.3/10 from 62 votes
Directed by Melvin Van Peebles.
Top cast
- Godfrey Cambridge as Jefferson Washington 'Jeff' Gerber
- Estelle Parsons as Althea Janine Gerber
- Howard Caine as Mr. Townsend
- D'Urville Martin as Bus Driver
- Mantan Moreland as Joe the Counterman
- Erin Moran as Janice Gerber
- Scott Garrett as Burton Gerber
- Paul Williams as Employment Office Clerk
- Kay E. Kuter as Dr. Wainwright
- Kay Kimberly as Erica
Where to watch Watermelon Man
- United States: stream on fuboTV; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube
- India: rent on Amazon Video
- Canada: rent on Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, YouTube
- Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube
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